It is hard to imagine compressing six months or a year of living and learning in a brand new environment into a scant 300 words. Yet that is exactly what six young people have done in the items that follow. With remarkable freshness and clarity, they capture some truths about co-operatives and about living outside of one’s comfort zone. In many respects, those are the same qualities that...

Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) is an autonomous organisation of the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, Central Government, India. It has undertaken the promotion of the National Yuva Co-operative Society as a way to harness and to channel the productivity capacity of young people. Yuva means YOUTH.